Clothesline extension



March 14, 1939. F, CAVUOT] 2,150,820

(JLOTHESLINE EXTENSION.

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INVENTOR March 14,

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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHESLINE EXTENSION Application February 12, 1938, Serial No. 190,341

4 Claims.

This invention relates to clothes line extensions and more particularly to a foldable support for an endless clothes line adapted to be mounted on a window frame whereby to be moved to an extended position within the room when in use and folded to a position outside of the window when not in use.

The principal object of the invention is to produce a simple yet practical and durable structure which is economically manufactured and may be applied to either side of the window frame with but slight rearrangement of parts.

With these objects in View the invention consists in the novel structure and parts and combinations and arrangements of parts thereof as hereinafter described and pointed out with particularity in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a practical adaptation of the invention:

Figure 1 is a side view of the device shown applied to the left side of a window frame and the extension moved to operative position within the room;

Figure 2 is a top plan View;

Figure 3 is an outer end view shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure '1, but showing the extension in folded position outside of the Window;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, illustrating details of the supporting bracket and hinged portion of the extension arm; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary vertical section, showing details of the pivotal mounting for the extension arm. 7

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral Ill designates the side of a window frame of ordinary construction and provided with the usual upper and lower sashes II and i2.

The device of the present invention, as shown, comprises a supporting plate 13 which is secured along one marginal portion to the window frame by the wood screws I 4, preferably three of the latter, as shown. The opposite vertical marginal portion of the plate I3 projects beyond the outer edge of the window frame I 0, as at 15, with ample clearance between it and the opposed face I6 of the building wall. Secured centrally on the face of the plate l3, near its outer margin, is a rectangular frame H preferably formed of a single flat bar of metal with its opposite end portions meeting at the top of the frame, as at I8. Secured to the under side of the top portion of the frame I8, as by screws or bolts I9, is a recof the device as tangular plate 28 which extends equally beyond the inner and outer sides of said frame ll. Preferably, the rectangular frame I! is secured to l the supporting plate l3 by a central screw or bolt 2| and two additional screws or bolts 22 located one on each side of the central screw or bolt 2!.

Secured on the under side of the horizontal plate 2!), at opposite ends thereof, are depending yokes 23 each having a grooved pulley 24 journalled therein and over which the upper flight of the endless clothes line is carried. Secured on the upper side of the bottom portion of the rectangular frame I1, as by bolts 25, is a rectangular block 26 which extends equally on opposite sides of the frame !1 and is provided with transverse horizontal openings in its opposite end portions.

I-Iingedly mounted on the rectangular block 26, by means of a bolt 21, is an extension arm comprising a pair of spaced fiat bars 28 which are cross-connected at their opposite ends and at points intermediate their length by tie-bolts 29 on which spacing sleeves or struts 30 are interposed between the two bars 28 so as to give ample rigidity to the structure.

At the free end of the extension arm a grooved pulley 3! is provided, about which the endless clothes line, indicated by the numeral 32, is carried from the pulleys 24 on the bracket plate 20, it being understood that the clothes line is supported in the usual manner on a suitably supported pulley (not shown) at a place remote from the window bracket.

To facilitate the swinging of the extension 28 on its pivot 2'! it is preferably provided at its free end portion with a handle 33, and to support the extension in its horizontal working position, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, it is preferably provided with a chain 34 or other suitable means which is engaged with a hook or other means of attachment 35 provided therefor on the ad jacent portion of the window frame. So, too, a pin 36 is inserted through registering openings in the end portions of the bars 28 and the adjacent opening of the interposed rectangular block 26, said pin 36 being preferably attached to a chain 31 which is in turn attached to the bracket l'i, preferably by a bolt 38, through the medium of which latterv a horizontal cross-bar 39 is secured on the inner side of the vertical outer member of the rectangular frame l1. Said bar 39 is provided with apertures 39 near its opposite ends for the reception of the pin 36 when the extension 28 is in its folded position as shown in Figure 4.

Located on an angular bracket member 40 secured to the under side of the rectangular frame H by the same bolts 25 which secure the block 26 to the frame I1, is an idler pulley 4| on which the lower flight of the endless clothes line may be placed when the line is not in use and the extension 28 is in its folded position outside of the window.

By extending the block 26 equally on opposite sides of the rectangular frame I1 and likewise extending the end portions of the upper crossbar 39, and locating the frame I! near one vertical side of the plate and mid-way between the upper and lower ends thereof, all that is necessary to adapt the device for the mounting thereof on the other side of the window frame is to remove the upper and lower screws or bolts 22 and give the plate |3 a one-half turn on the middle bolt or screw 2| and then replace thescrews or bolts 22; The only additional change necessary is to transfer the pivot bolt 2! for the extension arm 28 to the opposite transverse opening of the block 26. It is thus obvious that the necessity for making parts separately in rights and lefts is obviated and at the same time a simple and practical interchangeable device is produced having the desired foldability without detracting from the requisite rigidity of the device, and by the use of the device articles may be conveniently hung upon and taken from the line within the room, and after use the extension is readily folded and secured in such position outside of the window, in which position the lower flight of the line 32 is placed on the idler pulley 4| and from which it is removed during the movement of the lower flight into and out of the room in the act of placing the articles upon and removing them from the line. 7

Obviously the structure admits of a considerable modification and alteration within the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims. The invention, therefore, is not limited to the specific construction and arrangement shown.

What is claimed is: V V 1. A clothes line extension comprising a supporting plate, a'rectangular frame on said'plate, said frame having a transverse member extending equally on opposite sides of the upper portion thereof, said transverse member having depending pulleys at its opposite ends over which the upper flight of an endless clothes line is passed, a transverse block secured on the lower portion of said rectangular frame and extending equally on opposite sides thereof, an extension arm'pivotally mounted on the inner end portion of said transverse block and having a pulley at its free end over which the clothes line is looped, means for releasably supporting the intermediate portion of said extension arm on the window frame in the horizontally extended position of the arm,

said transverse block and the adjacent end portion of the extension arm being apertured and a locking pin insertable in said apertures.

2. In a clothes line extension, a supporting plate attachable to the Window frame, a rectangular bracket frame adjustably secured to said plate near one vertical side thereof and mid-way between the upper and lower ends of the plate whereby the plate may be reversed with respect to the bracket frame so as to be mounted on either side of the window frame, said bracket frame having a transverse member at its upper portion extending equally on opposite sides of the frame and provided at its ends with depending pulleys over which the upper flight of an endless clothes line is passed, said frame having a transverse member extending equally on its opposite sides at its upper outer vertical portion and provided with apertures near its ends, a rectangular block wardly from the point of pivotal attachment to;

said block, said apertures being registerable with the adjacent apertures of the block in the horizontal working position of the arm and also with the aperture in the inner end portion of the upper transverse member on the rectangular frame when the arm is in downward folded position, and a locking bolt insertable in the registered apertures in either position of the arm.

3. In a clothes line extension, a vertically disposed rectangular supporting plate having provision near one longitudinal margin thereof for its attachment interchangeably to either vertical side of a window frame, with its opposite longl-' tudinal marginal portion projected outwardly from the window frame, a vertical, rectangular, open bracket frame, pivotally attached at the middle of its inner longitudinal member to substantially the horizontal center of the outwardly projected portion of said supporting plate, releasable securing means at opposite sides of the pivotal axis of said bracket frame member and the attached supporting plate whereby the bracket frame may be reversed on the plate to facilitate the application of the plate to the selected side of the window frame, a pair of pulleys journalled V respectively on supporting extensions at opposite sides of the upper end portion of said bracket frame, said pulleys supporting the upper flight of an endless clothes line, an extension arm reversibly mounted pivotally on the lower portion of said bracket frame, means on said bracket frame for releasably locking said extension arm in a depended vertical position within the window frame and outside the sash of the frame, and also in a horizontally extended position inwardly from the window frame into the adjacent room, a pulley on the free end portion of said extension arm over which the clothes line is looped, and a depending idler support at the lower end of said bracket frame to receive laterally thereon the lower flight of the endless clothes line.

4. In at clothes line extension, a supporting plate attachable to the side of the Window frame, a vertical rectangular bracket frame pivoted at its middle to the supporting plate mid-way between the upper and lower ends of the latter, means for releasably fastening the frame against rotation on the supporting plate, a pair of pulleys mounted on the upper portion of said frame and disposed equally on opposite sides of the frame, said pulleys adapted to carry the upper flight of an endless clothes line, a transverse bar on said frame extending on opposite sides thereof adjacent the top of the frame, a transverse block on the lower portion of the frame, said block and upper cross bar each extending equally on opposite sides of the frame and provided with transof said block in the horizontal working position of the arm and with the inner aperture of the upper cross bar in the vertical folded position of the arm, and a pin insertable in the registered apertures of said arm, block and upper cross bar. 5

FRANK CAV'UOTI. 

